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Fort Bliss Command Sgt. Major Who Helped Rescue Jessica Lynch Dies From Wounds Sustained In Afghanistan
There is some terribly sad news out of Fort Bliss today - one the post's top leaders, Command Sergeant Major Martin R. Barreras, has died in San Antonio from wounds he received in Afghanistan earlier this month. Our deepest condolences go out to his family, and the troops on Fort Bliss.
CSM Barreras, was from Tuscon, and was the highest ranking non-commissioned officer with the 2nd Battalion 5th Infantry Regiment 'Bobcats,' which is part of the Bulldog Brigade, 1st Armored Division. He was serving in Afghanistan when he was reportedly struck by a sniper on May 6th. He was taken to a military hospital in Germany, and then transferred to Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio. He passed away early Tuesday morning.
He is best known as the leader of the battalion that conducted a successful rescue of Jessica Lynch from an Iraqi hospital on April 1st 2003. It was the first successful rescue of a female POW in history.
CSM Barreras served in the Marine Corps for five years before joining the Army in 1988. He served in every position including squad leader, platoon sergeant, first sergeant, Regimental Reconnaissance Company sergeant major, and Joint Special Operation Task Force sergeant major. He deployed multiple times to Iraq and Afghanistan and had been awarded a Bronze Star with Valor, three Bronze Star Medals, a Purple Heart, and numerous other citations.
CSM Barreras is survived by his parents, one brother, his wife Melinda, their children Victoria and Calvin, and a grandson Noah Barreras. Please pray for all who knew CSM Barreras. He was a hero to our Country. May he rest in peace.


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U.S. meat supplies to Russia have been banned. The Russian Federation and the United States differ in the assessment of the causes of the situation. Russia claims that the reason for the ban was the presence of ractopamine drug in US meat. America insists that Russia's actions were a response to the adoption of the Magnitsky Act by the Senate and accuses Russia of violating WTO rules.
On December 7, 2012 Russia's Federal Agency for Agricultural Control, Rosselhohznadzor, banned the imports of meat containing ractopamine. This is a food additive that allows to reduce the content of fat in beef and pork. The drug is added to food so that animals grow the muscle mass instead of fat. According to researchers, ractopamine affects the human cardiovascular system, and in some cases can cause food poisoning. This drug is banned for use in 160 countries, including China and Russia. It is allowed in 24 countries, including Canada and the United States. Codex Alimentarius of the World Health Organization, adopted in July 2012 in Rome by representatives of 186 countries, allows the contents of ractopamine in meat.
Formally, Russia does not prohibit the delivery of pork and beef from the United States. It only notified a number of countries, including the US of A, of the need to provide documents saying that animals had not been fed ractopamine - the drug that is banned in Russia. However, the warned countries (in addition to the U.S. the list includes Canada, Brazil and Mexico and excludes 20 countries where the drug is used) do not have the appropriate expertise, because there was no need to have it before. Rosselkhoznadzor promised to introduce a transitional period for those countries, until about the end of January 2013. However, specific implementation mechanisms remain unclear.
As for foreign countries, the move of the Russian Agency for Agricultural Control will hit the United States most. Russia is the fourth largest importer of U.S. meat and spends about $500 million a year on it. The Russian market consumes 0.6 percent of all beef and 1.4 percent of pork produced in the United States. More than 200 containers of meat products worth about $20 million are currently on their way to Russia from the United States.
However, the lack of U.S. meat on the Russian market will affect the Russian economy. The pork from the United States comes fourth on the volume of shipments to Russia. In total, the share of imported meat in the Russian market makes up not less than a third.
The United States regards the ban of meat imports as a political move. According to American analysts, Russia has reacted so to the recent adoption of the Magnitsky Act by the U.S. Congress. On December 6, the U.S. Senate almost unanimously (92 votes "for" and 4 - "against") approved the bill that imposed visa and financial sanctions against Russian officials involved, according to Washington, in the death of Sergei Magnitsky, a lawyer of Hermitage investment fund. The first three parts of this document are devoted to the interaction of Russia and the U.S. in the WTO. In particular, the bill abolishes the Jackson-Vanik amendment for Russia and Moldova, which was adopted in 1974. It is expected that U.S. President Barack Obama will sign the bill in the near future.
"This seems to be in retaliation to the Senate's passage of the trade bill with Russia ... there is certainly no doubt about it," Rich Nelson, chief strategist at research and brokerage company Allendale Inc, said.
Russian officials were surprised to know that US analysts associated the ban on meat imports with the Magnitsky Act.
"One can speculate about whether it was done in retaliation or not, but the measure was based on the content of some additives in meat that are contrary to Russian sanitary standards," deputy director of the Institute of the USA and Canada, Victor Supyan told Pravda.Ru.
Previously, the Russian side promised to take comprehensive, multidimensional and extremely strong measures should the Magnitsky Act be adopted in the USA. Presently, the United States accuses Russia of violating WTO rules. "All WTO members break these rules. This is normal," Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich said in response to similar accusations in November of this year in an interview with the Kommersant newspaper. However, on Saturday, U.S. officials said they were expecting actions from Russia to change the situation. The U.S. side expressed a hope that in the near future Russia would remove the ban on the imports of meat, thus fulfilling its obligations as a WTO member. Russia, in turn, does not see any violations in its actions.
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In 1998, the Marian Children's Mass book was completely revised to reflect the rich diversity of the Church and to embrace the Millennium. This, the 5th edition, showcases the beautiful full color illustrations of George Angelini and J. Verleye, the European Master.
Special features are the authorized text for Holy Mass, Gospel stories, Prayers and Devotions, the Way of the Cross, the Sacraments, the Rosary, Personal and Family Record pages and a section for a Child's own prayers.


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"As a result of this unrelenting propaganda against Iran, the talk now is not; 'has Iran really got a nuclear weapons program', or even; 'if it has, how can this be a threat to any one of the nuclear armed nations of the world, including Israel, which could obliterate Iran in an instant' but, rather, the talk is; 'how best can an attack be launched', 'who should launch the attack', and 'how far can the West go in attacking Iran in order to prevent retaliation'.There is a mistaken belief held by many people that the U.S. government won't attack Iran or allow Israel to attack because of the economic repercussions that will follow.
Even those against an attack aren't against it because there is absolutely no moral, practical or legal justification for it; they're against because of the consequences such an attack might bring. They worry not so much about the massive loss of life such a conflict will bring to the region but they worry that it'll send the cost of oil sky-rocketing and doing untold damage to an already very wobbly global economy." - Damian Lataan; Why War Against Iran? (September 3, 2010).
"In short, for Israel an attack against Iran and Israel's other enemies on the pretext of pre-empting an immediate threat to its own existence will be the do or die action it will take in order to realise Zionism's ultimate endgame; the creation of a Greater Israel.
The coming confrontation is not about Iran being a threat; it is about Israel ridding itself of all of its enemies in the places that it would like to annex as part of its realisation of creating a permanent Greater Israel nation abundant with fertile lands, its own water resources, and living space. War is its pretext." - Damian Lataan; The U.S. And Israel's 'Obsession' With Iran - The Real Reasons (November 6, 2011).
"The law is whatever people determine it to be." - David Ben-Gurion, Israel's first Prime Minister.
"Before the founding of the state, on the eve of its creation, our main interests was self-defense. To a large extent, the creation of the state was an act of self-defense. . . . Many think that we're still at the same stage. But now the issue at hand is conquest, not self-defense." - David Ben-Gurion.
Oil prices will rise to astronomical levels, global trade will diminish, and world poverty rates will increase rapidly as the global economy comes to a standstill.
People ask: Who wants to see this nightmare scenario unfold?
The answer is clear: The Western plutocratic elite.
Journalist Jim Tucker reported in June 2010 that the secret attendees at the annual Bilderberg Conference wanted America to attack Iran.
Paul Joseph Watson wrote in his article, "Bilderbergers Green Light Attack On Iran":
Turning to Iran, Tucker said that many Bilderberg members, including Brzezinski, were in favor of U.S. air strikes on Iran and were "leaning towards war," although 100 per cent of members were not supportive of an attack.The sociopathic elite who hold secret conferences to discuss their evil plans desire the destruction of the global economy because destruction and chaos will help them achieve many of their long-term political objectives and global goals:
"Some of them in Europe are saying no we shouldn't do it but most of them are in favor of American air strikes on Iran," said Tucker, adding, "They're tilting heavily towards green lighting a U.S. attack on Iran."
An attack on Iran would provide a welcome distraction to the globalists' failings in other areas and would also allow them to war profiteer, pointed out Tucker.
The new world order banksters and global fascists see global chaos as the gateway to their dream: the world's acceptance of a global authoritarian government that will be fully owned and controlled by them.
- The establishment of a global authoritarian government with the power of life and death over all nations. This government will not be based on the rule of law or the people's will. It is springing up by way of deception, state terrorism, world wars, economic depressions, and other orchestrated global crises.
- The increase of mass starvation and world poverty to accelerate the reduction of the world's population.
- The end of industrial civilization, material development and unlimited economic growth. This is not being done for the good of the planet and environment, but to secure power and profits into the hands of a small global elite. This sociopathic elite wants to control the destiny of humanity and the planet. There is no better way of doing that than by destroying the middle classes and forcing people to live in abject poverty because then their thoughts won't be aimed towards knowledge and revolution, but towards attaining the next meal. Instead of changing the system and putting up a fight, they'll cheat their neighbour and loot stores to survive through the days like malnourished dogs.
A lot of people naively think that the hijacked U.S. government and the new world order banksters won't start a world war in the Middle East because they won't like the economic fallout.
But if you are the ruling elite that has screwed up royally, defrauded hundreds of millions of people, and committed crimes against humanity, what's not to like about war?
They can make tremendous war profits, use the police state to crush dissent against Wall Street and the government, and transition the world into a new totalitarian dark age after all the bodies are incinerated and/or buried.
World War Three is just what the doctor of death ordered.
Those who love death, war profiteering, mass suffering, violence, chaos, power, and a world fascist government, believe a new world war is good and necessary.
So the freaks and psychopaths in power in America and the West will enjoy this decade of mass death.
I don't want to leave Israel out of the picture.
What will the maniacs and mass murderers in Tel Aviv gain by attacking Iran and blowing up the whole region? In one word: territory.
Damian Lataan says Israel's political elite wants to establish a Greater Israel and destroy the Palestinian nationalist movement. In his article, "The U.S. And Israel's 'Obsession' With Iran - The Real Reasons," Lataan writes:
"Israel's real obsession is the creation of a Greater Israel and the destruction of those that prevent Israel's expansionist dreams; Hamas in the Gaza Strip and Hezbollah in Lebanon, both of whom are supported by Iran.The problem with Israel's expansionist plans is that millions of Lebanese and Palestinians are sitting on the land that Israel wants to grab for itself.
The stated casus belli for any Israeli/US attack on Iran will be that Iran is building a nuclear weapon with which it intends to 'wipe Israel off the map'. The 'Iran has a nuclear weapons program' and the 'wipe Israel off the map' are two memes that have gone hand in hand in the propaganda and rhetoric of Israel's Zionists and their neoconservative allies in the US and, indeed, around the world for years."
What a pity. All that land, and no Israelis on it! Something must be done.
To achieve a "Greater Israel," the maniacs in Israel repeat these lies to the world:
Israeli state deception, the Neocon dogs, and the Zionists' control of a large portion of the Western media has given Israel an advantage that history's greatest barbaric and lawbreaking nations have lacked: good PR.
- Iran is threatening to wipe us off the map. They are savages and terrorists. They cannot be trusted with a nuclear bomb.
- Iran is building a nuclear bomb and it will use it against us. Please, help us. Please, America. Please, Europe. Do not forsake us like you did in 1939. Please, help us. We are alone and scared, and we cannot defend ourselves. We love peace and never started a war. We don't understand these savages who are around us. Please, help us.
- 9/11 was done by religious fanatics and Muslim extremists who threaten Western Civilization. We in Israel are on the frontlines in this struggle against international terrorism. We are fighting heroically to defend the values of the Western world.
- We are innocent. We are victims. We are good. We are not barbarians like them. We do not fight for land, and water, and power, and wealth. Anyone who says otherwise is anti-Semitic! An extremist! A racist! A terrorist! A Nazi sympathizer!
There is nothing like reputation in this world. It can save or ruin nations, and turn individuals into gods or monsters.
The new world order fascist elite and the war criminals in Israel know their reputation is sinking. Nobody believes their lies anymore.
Both sides want to attack Iran and start World War III for different reasons, none of them justifiable by law or morality.
War without provocation, war for land and power, is barbaric and indefensible.


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Ann Arbor to Face Environmental Lawsuit?
In a letter to Ann Arbor's mayor and city council, Noah Hall, executive director of the The Great Lakes Environmental Law Center in Detroit, has raised the specter of an environmental lawsuit filed against the city of Ann Arbor. At issue is whether the city's planned underground parking garage on Fifth Avenue violates the Michigan Environmental Policy Act (MEPA). The bond issuance for the project, for an amount not to exceed $55 million, was approved by city council at its Feb. 17, 2009 meeting. As of Friday, May 15, 2009, bonds have still not yet been issued, according to Tom Crawford, the city's chief financial officer. [text of Hall's letter]
Joining Hall as signatories to the letter are Henry L. Henderson (Natural Resources Defense Council), Stuart Batterman (environmental health sciences at the University of Michigan), David Yves Albouy (economics at the University of Michigan), Doug Cowherd (Sierra Club-Huron Valley Group), Tom Whitaker (Germantown Neighborhood Association), as well as two other Ann Arbor residents.
In an emailed response to The Chronicle reacting to a previous draft of Hall's letter circulated two months ago (which covered substantially the same issues), Leigh Greden (Ward 3) stated: "A lawsuit alleging that the parking garage violates MEPA would be frivolous," contending that the standard suggested by Hall would make any construction project non-compliant with the MEPA.
Still, based on background sources for The Chronicle, the project has been slowed somewhat by the extra unknown of a lawsuit. We'll track this dispute as it evolves, and will hopefully be able to gain some insight into any planned next steps from councilmembers at their Sunday night caucus.
Meanwhile, what exactly is the MEPA standard to which Hall appeals in his letter to the Ann Arbor city council? Two key aspects to consider in evaluating a MEPA claim are (i) standing, and (ii) cause. The first relates to those who are allowed to bring a suit in a MEPA case.
Legal Standing
In relevant part, the section from Michigan Compiled Law 324.1701 reads [emphasis added for readability]:
(1) The attorney general or any person may maintain an action in the circuit court having jurisdiction where the alleged violation occurred or is likely to occur for declaratory and equitable relief against any person for the protection of the air, water, and other natural resources and the public trust in these resources from pollution, impairment, or destruction.
But in a July 25, 2007 Michigan Supreme Court decision, the court set a possible precedent for narrowing the set of possible plaintiffs in such cases, by applying traditional requirements for legal standing. That is, there must be an injury to the plaintiff, and that plaintiff's injury must be different than the injury to the public at large. The 2007 case involved a water bottling plant operated by Nestlé Waters North America that threatened to lower the levels of two nearby lakes, a stream and three wetlands.
In that decision, the court ruled that the group filing the lawsuit could sue based on damages related to one of the lakes and the stream, because some members of the group owned property located directly on the lake and the stream. But because none of the group owned property on the second lake or any of the three wetlands, nor did they enjoy the direct benefit of those properties, the court said the group could not sue based on damage to those bodies of water, because the group lacked the legal standing to do so.
… the record below does not indicate that plaintiffs used or had access to these areas or that they enjoyed a recreational, aesthetic, or economic interest in them. Plaintiffs failed to establish that they have a substantial interest in these areas, detrimentally affected by Nestlé's conduct, that is distinct from the interest of the general public. The absence of a concrete, particularized injury in fact is fatal to plaintiffs' standing to bring a MEPA claim.
So while the MEPA itself appears to grant legal standing to anyone at all to bring a lawsuit based on "pollution, impairment, or destruction" of the environment, the precedent set by the 2007 case allows for some restriction on the range of people who can bring a lawsuit under the MEPA.
And that restriction depends on the relationship of the potential plaintiffs to the resource that is alleged to be in danger of "pollution, impairment, or destruction." That relationship needs to be relatively direct: The court rejected an "interconnectedness" argument based on the entire planet's hydrology, on pain of giving "anyone but a Martian" the standing to contest water withdrawals like Nestlé's. It's not enough, the court said in a previous case (Lujan v Defenders of Wildlife), to use a resource in an area roughly "in the vicinity" of the jeopardized resource.
One resource identified in Hall's letter as jeopardized by the planned Fifth Avenue underground parking structure is air – partly in the form of increased CO2 emissions from automobile emissions caused by motorists driving to and from the structure. So with respect to the issue of legal standing, one question on which a court might deliberate would be: Is there a party to the lawsuit who has a recreational, aesthetic, or economic interest in the air that is likely to be directly affected by the garage? A second question on which the court could deliberate with respect to legal standing would be whether the question of CO2 air pollution is sufficiently similar to water hydrology to reject any claim to standing based on the global warming phenomena.
With respect to the first question, the locations of the letter's signatories' homes could be germane: The geographic area of the Germantown Neighborhood Association abuts the same block on which the underground parking garage is to be built; Albouy, the UM economics professor, lives on the 300 block of South Division, directly adjacent to the proposed structure.
Hall's letter indicates that CO2 emissions from automobiles are not the only source of environmental damage he might argue, should the case be litigated:
… the construction of a new parking structure of the size proposed will require a massive quantity of materials, including concrete and steel. The manufacture and synthesis of these construction materials require vast amounts of resources and energy, with associated pollution, impairment, and destruction of the natural environment.
The Case for Environmental Damage
Based on the space allocated to the topic in Hall's letter, he'd likely place more emphasis on the the case for environmental damage from automobile CO2 emissions, than on destruction of resources associated with construction of the facility.
The line of reasoning for environmental damage based on CO2 emissions goes roughly like this: more vehicle miles traveled means more CO2 emissions, and more CO2 emissions translates into more global warming.
Once built, the underground parking structure – with 677 spaces in Phase I – will lead to increased vehicle miles traveled (VMT) on the streets surrounding the structure that provide entrance and exit to the structure. The expected increase in VMT at those locations is reflected in two kinds of city documents: (i) in the site plan analysis done for the underground parking garage project by the city, which notes the expected increase in traffic surrounding the structure, and (ii) the financial plan analyzing the feasibility for issuing bonds to fund the structure, which assumes an overall increase in the number of vehicles using the Ann Arbor parking system downtown.
Part of the context of the VMT discussion is that an increase in VMT is counter to the city of Ann Arbor's stated environmental goals. It's also one of the areas of weakness identified in the city's State of the Environment report. The number of per capita VMT has been trending upward from 2000 to 2005.
Does increased VMT lead to increased C02 emissions? For now, at least, Hall said in an interview with The Chronicle, increased VMT correlates with increased CO2 emissions. Until there's a predominance of electric vehicles on the road, with batteries charged with solar arrays or windmills, more VMT means more CO2, he said.
What's the significance of CO2, given that various natural processes emit CO2? At least the legal significance of CO2 could be affected by the April 17, 2009 proposed endangerment finding by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that greenhouse gases (of which CO2 is one) contribute to air pollution that may endanger public health or welfare. The EPA finding is "proposed" because it must now go through a public commentary phase.
It's that proposed finding, together with a scientific consensus on global warming, that convinces Hall that the case he might bring would be easier to argue now than it would have been a year ago. Even considering that, Hall allows that it's not an open-and-shut case. Otherwise put, it's not about "routine enforcement," but rather a new kind of case that could establish new precedents.
Defense and Settlement
Hall contends that either in advance of the parking garage construction – or as a defendant in an environmental lawsuit – the city of Ann Arbor needs "to engage in a thorough and objective evaluation of alternative ways to meet the defined need (for example, providing downtown Ann Arbor with transportation to support vibrant commerce)."
What is the defined need in this case? At the Feb. 17, 2009 city council meeting, the public commentary as well as council deliberations focused on symptoms that indicated a lack of sufficient parking. Those symptoms ranged from the anecdotal (complaints by potential patrons of downtown merchants about a lack of parking), to a parade example of a business that was reported to have relocated away from downtown Ann Arbor due to a lack of parking (Xoran Technologies), to some numbers on structure usage (84% capacity during peak periods) and excessive waiting times (greater than 30 days) to obtain a monthly permit.
The anecdotes will likely be familiar to readers of The Chronicle.
The example of Xoran Technologies was introduced at council's Feb. 17 meeting during public commentary by Newcombe Clark, who works with Bluestone Realty Advisors, and who reported trying to negotiate a deal to provide 20 dedicated parking spaces for the growing company. Xoran, which makes advanced medical imaging equipment, will move from their current location at Miller and First in in the summer of 2009 to Pittsfield Township. At their current location, The Chronicle counted 53 spaces designated by signage for Xoran employees.
During council deliberations, Leigh Greden (Ward 3), who was involved in the attempt to negotiate the 20 additional spaces through the Downtown Development Authority, seemed to portray the Xoran decision as turning only on the 20 parking spaces. Based on a cursory inquiry by The Chronicle, it's not clear who on Xoran's part might have introduced a requirement or desire for the specific number of 20 additional parking spaces as a condition for staying downtown.
According to Jackie Vesitvich, head of communications for Xoran, with whom The Chronicle spoke by phone a few days after council's Feb. 17 meeting, the company needed additional space in general. The company had been very interested in staying in the downtown Ann Arbor area, she said, because they loved being there – but the decision to move to their new Pittsfield location was based on the need for additional space, and specifically a particular configuration of office and warehouse space to accommodate their operation to FDA requirements. An extra 20 parking spaces, she allowed, would have been nice.
In an email sent to The Chronicle in response to an inquiry about the 20 spaces, Clark clarified that there were numerous "deal points" in addition to parking that led Xoran to decide to move to Pittsfield Township. However, he wrote, "All that is certain is that they had a strong desire to stay downtown and a very specific and small lack of parking was the stated reason at the time to look outside of the downtown."
Asked at the podium during the Feb. 17 meeting what the usage numbers were for the parking system, Roger Hewitt, chair of the Downtown Development Authority's operations committee, indicated that during peak periods the usage was at 84% of capacity, and that at 85% of capacity, there was already perception that a structure was full. [The DDA administers the city's parking structures and surface lots through Republic Parking. The organization's chair, Jennifer S. Hall, is married to Noah Hall.]
In light of the discussions and deliberations at council's meeting, then, the need to add parking capacity by approving an underground structure was based on symptoms of a lack of parking capacity.
The parking study for Ann Arbor prepared for the city in 2007 by Nelson\Nygaard, a consulting firm, alludes to some of these symptoms in its final recommendations. With respect to permits, the study says:
6. Maintain sufficient parking supply to allow purchase of monthly parking access instrument on demand, or following a waiting period of no more than 30 days.
And with respect to the need to woo particular companies (like Xoran), the study says:
Coordinate on Economic Development Strategies: The recent Google deal (400 free parking permits offered to lure an influential employer to Downtown) points to the reality that parking access can play a major role in economic development. The City, the Chamber of Commerce, and the DDA should therefore meet early in the process of such deals to determine the potential volume of permits being discussed, the potential value returned to the City for providing this incentive, and to begin developing an approach that follows the established Downtown Parking Policy.
In a phone conversation on May 14, 2009, The Chronicle spoke with David Fields, principal with Nelson\Nygaard, about a basic approach to determining when to add capacity to a parking system. Although Fields worked on the Ann Arbor study, we were asking him to comment in complete generality, not to weigh in on the question of whether to build the underground parking garage at Fifth Avenue. And in that spirit, he suggested that every community will determine for itself how much parking it wants.
One possible step, he allowed, was to decide how much access to an area the community wanted to provide – that is, how many people did a community want to transport into and out of an area. From there, the community could decide what portion of that access was feasibly provided by various means: single occupancy vehicles, bus, rail, bicycle, etc.
In his letter, Hall argues essentially that the feasibility of providing access to downtown Ann Arbor through various other means besides the proposed underground parking garage needs to be analyzed by the city in order to defend against the prima facia case that the underground parking structure will damage the environment. That is, in response to the lawsuit that he might bring, Hall cites one allowable defense specified in the MEPA, which reads in relevant part:
The defendant may also show, by way of an affirmative defense, that there is no feasible and prudent alternative to defendant's conduct and that his or her conduct is consistent with the promotion of the public health, safety, and welfare in light of the state's paramount concern for the protection of its natural resources from pollution, impairment, or destruction.
When The Chronicle interviewed Hall, he suggested that a 2000 2008 case involving the Sierra Club and the city of Stockton, Calif. might provide a model for a settlement of the Ann Arbor case. There, the city of Stockton took two steps. They (i) set forth a whole range of plans to reduce CO2 emissions and vehicle miles traveled, and (ii) made a specific investment in bus rapid transit. Hall is not wed to the idea of bus rapid transit in particular, but says that it's important to make some commitment to an initiative that the federal government is interested in helping to fund.
Hall notes there's no federal stimulus money being offered for parking structures – because, he says, they're totally out of line with what the Obama administration wants to do. The only part of the underground parking garage bond issuance that's receiving matching funds from non-local sources, Hall points out, are the streetscape improvements (to enhance pedestrian experience) along Fifth and Division streets. For that project, the Michigan Department of Transportation has awarded a $1 million grant.
During the last couple of months, Mayor John Hieftje has often made a somewhat similar point about federal versus local funding in connection with the East Stadium bridges. The city of Ann Arbor would not want to issue bonds, or use the local street repair millage to repair the bridges, he has pointed out, because the state and federal government place a high enough value on such projects to offer funding for them.
Editorial Aside
Hall has lent to The Chronicle nearly 1,000 printed pages of material related to the underground parking structure obtained under the Freedom of Information Act from the city of Ann Arbor. Some of that material includes email exchanges among city councilmembers made during their council deliberations. Hall's letter mentions that material as possible Open Meetings Act violations. Having read through it, the content seems to fall into two categories: (i) adolescent humor, and (ii) apparent "backchannel" discussion of issues before the council, which raises more serious concerns.
We have arranged to have the material digitally scanned as images, and converted to text. To the extent that's a successful arrangement, we'll make the material available here on The Chronicle, and follow up as appropriate.


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ATLANTA — Andrelton Simmons' single to the gap in right-center drove in Justin Upton with two outs in the ninth inning to give the Atlanta Braves a 3-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday night.
Upton led off the ninth by hitting the first pitch from Donovan Hand (0-5) for a single to left. Freddie Freeman hit a fly ball to deep center for the first out before Evan Gattis, who had two hits, hit a grounder that Scooter Gennett bobbled behind second base for an error, leaving runners at first and second.
Brian McCann popped out to third base for the second out before Simmons' first hit of the night ended the game.
Craig Kimbrel (4-3), who leads the majors with 49 saves, struck out the side in the ninth. He has 96 strikeouts in 65 innings.
Shortstop Jeff Bianchi hit his first homer of the season in the fifth for Milwaukee.
Brewers rookie Tyler Thornburg set a career high with eight strikeouts while giving up two runs, seven hits and one walk in seven innings. Thornburg, 24, has allowed no more than two runs in any of his seven starts.
Freddy Garcia allowed two run, six hits and one walk in 6 2-3 innings for Atlanta. Garcia, 36, had seven strikeouts to set a season high in a combined 13 starts with Baltimore and the Braves.
Jonathan Lucroy gave Milwaukee a 1-0 lead in the first when his single drove in Norichika Aoki, who doubled. Lucroy leads the majors with 76 RBIs as a catcher. He has driven in 82 runs overall.
Thornburg was helped by double plays in the second and third innings before giving up a run in the fourth. With two outs, Freeman singled and scored on a double to the base of the wall in center field by Gattis, who was thrown out trying to advance to third.
NOTES: The Braves announced RHP David Hale will start Thursday night against Philadelphia. RHP Kris Medlen will have an extra day of rest before starting Friday night, followed by LHP Mike Minor and RHP Julio Teheran. Medlen, Minor and Teheran are in line to be the first three in the rotation for the playoffs, but manager Fredi Gonzalez said he's not yet ready to name Medlen the Game 1 starter. ... Brewers SS Jean Segura had to stop running before the game after he felt tightness in his strained right hamstring. ... Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said RHP Wily Peralta, who developed a blister on his throwing hand in his last start against the Cardinals on Sunday night, will not make his scheduled start Saturday against the Mets. ... Braves LHP Paul Maholm and Brewers RHP Kyle Lohse will bring 10-10 records into Wednesday night's final game of the series.


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Explore Evolution asserts:
Something else some other source of information must orchestrate the assembly of the component proteins into unique cell types and direct the organization of cell types into various tissues and organs, and controls the arrangements of organs and body parts into an overall body plan (18).Explore Evolution, p. 110
As to the nature of this "other source of information" that is not DNA, Explore Evolution cites a study in the history of science by Jan Sapp, Beyond the Gene: Cytoplasmic Inheritance and the Struggle for Authority in Genetics. In one section, Sapp describes how embryologists at the start of the 20th century thought the cytoplasm played the most prominent role in directing development and heredity. A more contemporary topic that Sapp examines is cortical inheritance in ciliates, single celled organisms such as paramecium. Ciliates divide by fission and the two daughter cells are able to inherit the pattern of cilia at their cell cortex. This inheritance of ciliary patterns is an example of cytoplasmic inheritance and appears to be largely independent of direct control by nuclear genes.
As Sapp noted in 1987,
Even some leading neo-Darwinian evolutionists have admitted their concern about the significance of the "the phenomenon of cortical inheritance in ciliates." At a symposium on Development and Evolution held at the University of Sussex in 1982, the centenary year of Darwin's death, John Maynard Smith (1983) p. 39) stated "Neo-Darwinists should not be allowed to forget these cases, because they constitute the only significant threat to our views."Jan Sapp (1987) Beyond the Gene: Cytoplasmic Inheritance and the Struggle for Authority in Genetics, p. 219-220
However, to date, cortical inheritance has failed to displace nuclear genes as the most important player in regulating embryonic development in the ensuing 25 years after John Maynard Smith's warning to fellow evolutionists. Indeed, in this period there have been two sets of Nobel Prizes for scientists who have been leaders in the genetic analysis of animal development.
As Alessandro Milenni also cited by Explore Evolution notes:
From the point of animal evo-devo, the question is whether these aspects of cytoplasmic information (cytotaxis sensu, Sonneborn, 1964) are limited to ciliates or are a general property of cells. I am not aware of the inheritance of intracellular patterns in animals, but it is certain that very few biologists have thought it a rewarding topic be investigated.Alessandro Minelli (2003) The Growth of Animal Form, p. 29
Far from supporting the claim that modern biologists cytoplasmic factors as an alternative to DNA, the citations offered by Explore Evolution actually show that science has rejected various alternatives and all evidence points to DNA as the repository of "instructions" for biological development.


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The Right to Love and Be Loved
I attended two weddings a week apart last September. Both were beautiful celebrations of each couple's love. What struck me was the contrast between the two events. Betty and Chris are lesbians and had a Chicago Blackhawks-themed affair. Nick and Jacquie are straight and had a traditional fairytale style wedding (think Cinderella). Both were joyful and life-affirming. It's wonderful how inclusive we are becoming about what constitutes a marriage in the United States. I couldn't imagine comparing two occasions like this even five years ago.
"Marriage – gay and straight – is a gift to the world because the world needs more not less love, fidelity, commitment, devotion, and sacrifice." ~Rob and Kristen Bell, The Zimzum of Love
There was a time when same-sex marriage was not even a thought in my stratosphere. In my youth, homosexuality was kept so hush, hush I didn't even know it existed until I was a 19-year-old art student. Getting over the shock that two members of the same sex could be lovers took a while for me. I was raised Catholic and soon learned that being gay was a sin in the eyes of the Church. Many branches of Christianity use scripture to condemn homosexuality. They strictly adhere to the Bible being God's infallible word. When I realized the Bible accepted slavery, it left an opening for me to question the validity of words written two thousand years ago. I came to the conclusion to trust what my heart knew all along: we have a right to be who we are and to love who we love.
"Make no mistake, I am a Christian and I believe in God and I don't believe he makes mistakes, so I believe that being gay is not a sin and in fact it's how you're made." ~Kristin Chenoweth
I'm a woman who was raised to believe she was flawed. Growing up, I was always larger than the other girls. My mother was disgusted with my pudginess and used it to make me feel "less than." A body-obsessed society backed up her feelings toward me. Although soul crushing, growing up in that environment is what gave me compassion for gays. I knew homosexuality wasn't a choice any more than my size was. It didn't make sense that someone would choose a way of being in the world that would hold them up to ridicule. The bodies we are born into are no accident. Who we are is a gift.
"If God wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise." ~Johann van Goethe
Today is a new day. America is evolving and opening its arms in an ever broader embrace. I see it in the weddings I attend. Betty and Chris's love was celebrated and as special as Nick and Jacquie's. As Hillary Rodham Clinton observed, "Gay rights are human rights." The legalizing of same-sex marriage is our reclaiming of the truths written in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Once again, we the people have spoken.
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OCEAN CITY – Osteria Fraschetti, located on Route 50 in West Ocean City, promises fine dining style at a casual dining price. With the freshest ingredients, Italian ambience, and friendly staff, owners Alex Fraschetti and Demetrios "Jimmy" Dikos promise an enjoyable evening of authentic, Italian food.
Formerly Mulligans Sports Bar and Grill, Fraschetti and Dikos took over the location in April 2003, bringing with them ample restaurant experience.
"I came to this country in 1961 and I liked the restaurant business. It's a lot of work, a lot of hours, but you eat free and meet a lot of people. That's what I like, the people," said Dikos, who operated a restaurant in New Jersey before coming to Ocean City.
Fraschetti also brought restaurant experience with him, having been an Ocean City proprietor for many years.
Fresh ingredients and fresh food are paramount at Osteria Fraschetti, from the fresh seafood to the freshly made salad dressings.
"We make everything by order, everything fresh," said Fraschetti, as he prepared his homemade tiramisu.
Each of the sauces are made daily as well, from a variety of fresh ingredients. As for the restaurant favorite, both Fraschetti and Dikos agreed that veal is the popular menu item.
"Everybody loves the veal," said Dikos.
The restaurant has undergone some changes since the pair took over, transforming from a sports bar and grill to a fine dining, Italian restaurant.
"We converted it so everything is the same atmosphere," said Dikos.
"We redid the place completely, from the flooring to the ceiling," added Fraschetti.
Dikos pointed out the Italian decotr, fresh flowers and linen tabletops.
"When you walk in the restaurant, you feel Italy," said Dikos. "It's fine dining, but the price that we charge is not fine dining."
From Monday through Thursday, 12 menu-items are priced at $10.95. Each entrée includes family-style salad with homemade dressing and ciabatta bread with extra-virgin olive oil. Happy hour specials begin at 3 p.m. when the bar opens, continuing when the restaurant opens at 5 p.m.
Both Fraschetti and Dikos attributed the restaurant success to their employees.
"They're hard workers, they give all they have to create a great product, which they do," said Fraschetti.
Fraschetti also noted the hard work of his daughter, Cristina, who has taken an active role in the restaurant.
"She helps out with so many things," he said, noting the famous Caesar salad recipe that she has mastered.
As for the co-owners, the work is split up with Fraschetti running the front of the restaurant and Dikos manning the kitchen.
"He's the one who makes the kitchen run," Fraschetti said of Dikos. "The food comes out good because he runs the kitchen so well."
Osteria Fraschetti isn't the only dining option; the pair also owns the pizzeria next store, J&J's Brick Oven Pizza, which has met rave reviews since opening.
"We hear people from Salisbury talking about our pizza," said Fraschetti of their brick oven pizza which is quickly becoming an area favorite.
"It's the best pizza around," agreed Dikos.
The secret is in the brick oven, wood fire cooked pizza, noted Fraschetti. "There's a big difference, that's why it's the best pizza," he said.
Both attributed the pizza's success to Vincent Sebastian, who runs the pizzeria.
"He does a very good job over there," said Fraschetti.
Specials are also featured at J&J's. Currently the special is two medium pizzas for $11.99 and two large pizzas for $14.99.
Whether its pizza or dining in with fresh Italian, Dikos and Fraschetti encourage everyone to stop in for a taste.
"We like the people to come in, taste our food and get to know who we are. We have a good product at a good price," said Fraschetti.
Dikos assured patrons will not be disappointed by their experience, whether it be at Osteria Fraschetti or J&J's Brick Oven Pizza.
"Come join us and you'll be delighted with the food, the atmosphere and the service. You're not going to be disappointed," added Dikos.


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If you're building a 3D printer, the most complicated part is the extruder. This part uses a series of gears to pull plastic filament off of a spool, heats it up, and squirts it out in a manner precise enough to build objects one layer at a time. [Chris] made his own extruder out of a hot glue gun and made it so simple we're surprised we haven't seen this build before.
The basic operations of a plastic extruder – pushing a rod of plastic through a heated nozzle – already exists in a hot glue gun available for $3 at WalMart. To build his printer, [Chris] tor apart the hot glue gun and mounted the nozzle on a piece of plywood. The hot glue sticks are fed into the nozzle with the help of a 3D printed gear and a stepper motor driver.
After the break, you can see [Chris]'s hot glue gun RepRap printing a 10cm cube. It's not fast, but the quality is exceptional, especially considering he made it out of a hot glue gun.


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US safety agency opens probe into Tesla fires (Update 2)
The U.S. government's auto safety watchdog is investigating whether Tesla's Model S electric car is vulnerable to fires because roadway debris can pierce the car's underbody and battery.
The National Highway Traffic Administration, which announced the probe early Tuesday, is looking into two incidents in which Model S drivers struck metal objects on highways. The objects penetrated the bottom of the car, punctured the battery and caused fires.
Both drivers were warned of a problem by the car and escaped safely.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in a blog post that he requested the NHTSA investigation. He says accident data show that the Model S is far safer than gasoline-powered cars, but the probe is needed to dispel questions the public may have about the safety of electric vehicles as a result of the fires.
The probe affects more than 13,000 cars from the 2013 model year that were sold in the U.S. Tesla has sold about 19,000 of the cars worldwide. They start at $70,000 but often run more than $100,000.
Tesla's batteries are mounted beneath the passenger compartment and protected by a quarter-inch-thick (6 millimeters) metal shield. Experts say that if the batteries are damaged, that can cause arcing and sparks and touch off a fire.
NHTSA, in documents posted on its website, said it opened the preliminary evaluation "to examine the potential risks associated with undercarriage strikes" on the Tesla cars. The investigation could lead to a recall, but a decision likely is months away.
Musk, who has stated previously that the Model S won't be recalled, said Tuesday that if NHTSA discovers something "that would result in a material improvement in occupant fire safety," Tesla will make the change on new cars, as well as existing vehicles free of charge. He said such a discovery is "unlikely."
The low-slung Model S has a 6-inch (15-centimeter) clearance between the ground and the undercarriage. Other cars with gas engines sit lower, such as the Mercedes CLA Class at 3.9 inches (9.9 centimeters) and a Dodge Charger at 5 inches (12.5 centimeters), according to the Edmunds.com auto website. But the Tesla automatically lowers itself about another inch (2.5 centimeters) at highway speeds, the company's website said.
In his blog post, Musk wrote that Tesla has done an over-the-air software update to give the car more ground clearance at highway speeds. The change, Musk wrote, was made to cut the chances of underbody damage, not to improve safety.
"The theoretical probability of a fire injury is already vanishingly small, and the actual number to date is zero," he wrote.
Another software update in January will give the driver more control of the air suspension ride height, Musk wrote. The company also added fire damage to its warranty coverage "even if it's due to driver error."
According to the U.S. Fire Administration, there are around 194,000 vehicle fires on U.S. roads each year. The vast majority—61 percent—start in the engine area, while 15 percent start in the passenger area. Approximately 300 people die and 1,250 are injured in U.S. vehicle fires each year. Most happen in gas-powered cars, which make up the vast majority of cars on U.S. roads. Electric vehicles make up less than 1 percent of the cars sold in the U.S.
General Motors and Nissan make the top-selling battery-powered cars in the nation, the Volt and Leaf. Neither knows of any real-world blazes in those vehicles.
Palo Alto, California-based Tesla's stock rose more than 400 percent earlier in the year as the Model S won accolades from Consumer Reports and other magazines. But it has fallen 37 percent since news of the first fire was reported on Oct. 2.
Tesla shares rose $4.74, or 3.9 percent, to $126.32 in morning trading Tuesday.
The Model S can go up to 265 miles (425 kilometers) on a single charge.
The first U.S. Model S fire occurred along a freeway near Seattle when a car struck a curved metal object which pierced the shield and the battery. In the second case, a Model S caught fire Nov. 6 near Smyrna, Tennessee, after the driver struck a trailer hitch in the road. Another fire was reported Oct. 17 in Mexico when a Model S burned after a high-speed crash.
More information: National Highway Traffic Administration report: www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/acms/cs/ … NOA-PE13037-1867.PDF
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Five Things the American Country Awards Did Right in 2013
It's a mistake to compare the American Country Awards to the CMA Awards, or even the ACM Awards, country music's other Las Vegas-based awards show. The CMT Awards or CMA Country Christmas specials are more fair comparisons. Expectations for Fox's awards show have been too high since the beginning -- it airs in December, after television's sweeps month, against network reruns and Christmas movies.


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WASHINGTON – Sharks are going to hunt down you and your family and won't rest until they explode. At least, that's what the 1975 movie "Jaws" would have you believe.
This mindset hijacked the national psyche in the 1980s and 90s, local scientists say, and is precisely why these natural predators need help from conservationists, fishermen and common beachgoers. Regional species, including some dangerous yet rare varieties, are particularly vulnerable yet incredibly important to maintaining the whole maritime ecosystem.
Learning more about these creatures beyond Spielberg's sensationalist movie is particularly important now, says Robert Latour, associate professor at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, one of the leading authorities on shark behavior.
"Following the release of those movies, psychology about sharks changed tremendously," says Latour. "The number of animals being harvested, whether they were for legitimate reasons or just to kill them and get rid of them, went up markedly."
"It was, 'Let's go kill sharks,' the macho, fun, cool thing do to, and also, 'Let's get rid of them because of their potential for harming people,'" he says.
Seemingly dangerous sharks have made headlines recently. Latour believes seal preservation efforts are likely what caused great white sharks to patrol the shores of Cape Cod for their favorite meal. An unusually warm winter and summer in the Mid-Atlantic area also opens the door for unprecedented migratory habits for species like tiger and sand tiger sharks.
Incidents like the 8-foot bull shark caught at the mouth of the St. Mary's River in Southern Maryland further feed the hype of a potential shark attack. Latour says any kind of shark attack remains very rare.
"You have a greater probability of getting into a car wreck today than you do of getting attacked by a shark at the beach," he says.
It wasn't until the 1990s that local governments began taking direct action to protect these predators. VIMS has been working to build more data on sharks' habits since that time, when very little was known about them.
It's slow work. Sharks live for a long time and are very slow to grow and reach maturity. Unlike fish, some sharks give birth to live young and usually have less than a dozen pups. Females in some shark species may even take a year off from producing young, unlike female fish that can produce millions of eggs multiple times a year, making it easier for them to repopulate.
As shark populations diminish, other species beneath them in the marine "food web" rise in numbers, says David Secor, a professor with the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science.
Fewer sharks means more of their usual prey, such as rays and skates. More of these animals means fewer of the species upon which they prey. This trickle-down effect will eventually begin to harm populations of species far away from sharks in the food web, such as clams.
(Food webs expand upon the traditional thinking of a food chain, and depict the interactivity of an entire ecosystem where multiple predators have multiple prey, instead of a singular link of animals.)
"It's a top-down effect," says Secor. "Even though we have increased conservation measures in place now, they weren't there a decade, two decades ago. By that time, the damage was done."
But sharks are out there. Secor and Latour come across the dogfish, mako, thresher, sandbar and sand tiger species of shark in their work. These are generally not dangerous, unlike the tiger and bull sharks that are known to be more aggressive and exist off the coasts of Maryland, Delaware and Virginia and at the mouth of the Chesapeake.
Even with the presence of these sharks and the large swaths of area beaches, there have been no shark attacks in Maryland since 1670, and there have only been five in Virginia, according to data from the Florida Museum of Natural History at the University of Florida . Only one of those, in 2001, was fatal.
Shark populations continue to rise, thanks to conservation efforts that regulate commercial fisheries and sport fishing.
"There are some good trends going on," says Secor. "The U.S. internationally has been very proactive in the shark fin ban, which is one of the most horrendous types of shark fishing that goes on."
Latour expects to have more data by the end of this year on the shifting migratory habits of sharks. The warmer water means a proliferation of species up the coast. This could conceivably bring with it more bull sharks, which can survive the low salinity rates of the Chesapeake that usually keep other sharks at bay.
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City Hall is located at 2110 South Broadway, Oak Grove, MO 64075.
The City of Oak Grove repeats severe weather watches and warnings and notifications that the Emergency Snow Ordinance is in effect, on NIXLE
You can pay your water/sewer utility bill at City Hall during normal business hours with cash, check, money order, debit or credit card. We now accept Visa, Mastercard and Discover so you can call in to make a payment or go online and make the payment with Xpress Bill Pay. This can also be set up as an auto-pay method. Whenever you pay with a card there is a 2.8 percent convenience fee that is applied and paid directly to the credit card processor at the time of the transaction. The City of Oak Grove does not receive any of these monies from the convenience fee. We also have a drop box under the portico in front of the building which can be used after hours payments.
Board of Aldermen agendas and minutes can be found in the "Document Center".
A citizen complaint for all non-police matters can be filed by completing the standard Citizen Complaint Form and returning the completed form to City Hall to be processed by the appropriate department or the City Clerk. Please Note: All police matters should be reported to the Police Department 590-3773 x 1100.
A business license can be obtained by completing the standard Business License Application or it can be obtained at City Hall. Typically, a business license can be issued after approval within 2-3 days upon receipt. When submitting the application please enclose a copy of your sales tax identification form as well as certificate of no tax due (if applicable) and the certificate of liability insurance with proof of workman's compensation coverage if necessary with the City of Oak Grove as the certificate holder. The completed application can be emailed to email@example.com or mailed to City of Oak Grove, PO Box 805, Oak Grove, MO 64075. The fee for the Business license is $25 for the full year and after July 1st $12.50 for a half year license.
A building permit can be obtained by completing the standard Building Permit Application online or it can be obtained from City Hall. A community development staff member will provide assistance and/or information to you based on the type of application.
An inspection can be scheduled upon the issuance of the appropriate permit. Please allow a minimum of 24 hours notice for building inspections. Concrete inspections are subject to a 2 hour notice.
Animal Control is available during normal City Hall business hours 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Monday through Friday except most government holidays. If you need after hours assistance contact Jackson County dispatch at (816) 795-1960 and then Animal Control will follow up with the incident.
Yes, you are required to have a city pet license for all animals in your household. To obtain your city pet license bring proof of current rabies vaccination to City Hall during regular business hours.
Renew your city pet license each year on the renewal of the rabies vaccination.
The city pet license is $5 for altered and $10 for unaltered per pet.
Yes, all animals are required to be restrained at all times. That is to be in a fully enclosed fenced area or on a leash, even in their own yard.
All animals picked up by the Animal Control Officer are taken to the Oak Grove Animal Clinic for 5 business days. After 5 business days, if unclaimed by the owner, animals may be sent to local rescues, adopted to a new family, or humanely euthanized. Owners of animals are responsible for kennel fees and may be subject to citation for violation of city pet ordinances.
In order to be reunited with your pet, you must come to City Hall and pay all associated fees. This could include an impoundment fee, running at large fee, boarding fee, vaccinations, and flea treatment.
Any injured animal impounded by the City of Oak Grove will be treated humanely and every effort will be made to contact the owner prior to euthanizing any suffering animal. If the owner cannot be reached, the animal will either be treated or humanely euthanized as advised by the Veterinarian. Any veterinary cost incurred will be billed to the animal owner.
Contact Animal Control at (816) 690-3773 ext 1006 during normal business hours 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Monday through Friday. If you have a picture of the animal, please email it to email@example.com with "lost animal" in the subject line.
Any remodeling, additions, detached buildings shed/garage, roofing, rewiring, HVAC, decks, fences, signs, Right of Way, swimming pools, irrigation, electrical service upgrades, and plumbing repairs past the trap on any fixture require a permit. If you live in and own the house you are doing work on, you may obtain a permit for that work. Rental property and commercial property requires a licensed craftsman to do the work. If you have a question or aren't sure if your project needs a permit, please contact the Building Official to discuss the particular project.
We require a completed building permit application along with two sets of plans stamped by an engineer licensed in the Sate of Missouri along with two copies of a plot plan (truss specs if building a truss roof). One copy of the plans and one copy of the plot plan will be returned to you with the issue of the permit. The other set will be kept with the records here at City Hall.
Once everything has been submitted we can typically have your permit ready in 2-3 business days.
Issuing commercial building permits can vary depending on what you are building. It is best to discuss this with the Building Official and he can give you an estimated time frame when the plan review is completed.
No. The electrical, plumbing and mechanical contractors are required to pull their own permit for each job. Their permit is issued at a minimal fee but allows the City to know qualified contractors are completing the work.
At this time an appointment is required and we request at least a 24 hour notice for most inspections. Please contact the Building Official at (816) 690-3773 ext 1006 or 1008.
Yes, any building that is over 120 square feet is required to have a permit. Even if a permit is not required you will still need to follow the guidelines for all of the requirements of the placement of the shed or detached garage.
ANY pool or tub that is capable of holding 24 inches of water or more is required to have a minimum of a 4-foot barrier around the pool. This could be a fence around your backyard that is a minimum of 4-foot-tall which has a self-closing and lockable gate. The sides of the pool can also work as the 4-foot barrier or the barrier can be placed on top of the pool wall. In these cases, when the pool is not in use, all access to the pool must be removed. Permits also need to be obtained for swimming pools and hot tubs.
Yes permits are required to install fences. There are regulations on material, location and height. You may place your fence on your property line but you must know exactly where your property line is located. A copy of the plot plan is not a legal survey and does not show exactly where the property line is located. If you are unsure, you may need to obtain a survey to stay on your property. Fence post must be faced inside the yard with the fencing attached to the outside of the post unless your property abuts a non-residential district or there has been an agreement made between you and the owner of the lot adjacent to the fence. To complete the work this agreement is best done at City Hall with both parties present.
Decks more than 30 inches above grade at any point for a distance of 36 inches away from the deck will require a permit.
The maximum allowable layers of roofing material is two. The first layer of roofing material can not be wood shingles, slate, clay or cement tile. The City of Oak Grove requires an ice shield to extend from the lowest edges of all roof surfaces to a point at least 24 inches inside the exterior wall line of the building.
Yes, All exterior building maintenance surfaces including doors, soffits, eaves, windows, porches and trim must be maintained in good condition including any accessory structures, fences and walls. Peeling, flaking or chipped paint should be eliminated and the surface repaired. All houses and buildings must display street address numbers in an area easily readable from the street. The numbers must be at least four inches in height and in a contracting color from your house.
Yes. Most items intended for indoor use or "household items" can not be stored outside, such as upholstered furniture and household appliances. The only items allowed outside without restrictions are lawn furniture, barbecue grills, arbors, trellises and flagpoles. Some other items by be stored outside such as trash cans, boats, trailers, campers, and firewood, but there are restrictions associated with the storage which include placement, screening, paving and other specifics.
Vehicles are required to be parked on a paved surface. No vehicle can block any public sidewalks, extend into the street, or be parked on the grass. New gravel driveways are not allowed. If the original driveway was gravel and legally permitted at the time of installation, you may keep it provided you maintain it; however, you may not increase the size.
Any vehicle that is not currently licensed, has an expired or missing license plate, or has defects that make the vehicle unable to be legally driven on the street. If the circumstances arise you may have only one unlicensed vehicle your driveway but it still has to be operational.
Lawn mowing is required. Grasses, weeds and other controlled vegetation must be kept below twelve (12) inches in height on all properties. Property owners are require to mow any area between their property line and the adjacent curb or street, including the ditch area and/or alleyways. You are required to mow all right of ways and easements on your property.
The preferred method of yard waste removal would be the Eastern Jackson County Yard Waste Collection Center, located at 37910 E Pinkhill Road, Oak Grove, MO 64075 or (816) 847-7050 for more information. Time periods for burning residential yard waste consisting of leaves and brush less than three inches in diameter from vegetation grown on a residential property is permitted during the following calendar periods and times of day within the city limits are March 1st through April 30th and November 1st through December 31st between the hours of 10:00 am and 3:30 pm. First, you MUST obtain a burn permit from the Sni Valley Fire Department for no charge. No burning of any combustible matter of any kind on an asphalt, concrete or brick paved street, alley, or public place within the city limits. Burning of paper, garbage, tires and other kinds of wastes is prohibited.
No. Discharge of any materials or substances that is capable of causing an obstruction to the flow of the stormwater system or interfere with its proper operation or pollute the natural creeks or waterways is prohibited from being forced into the street. This would include any waste materials, liquids, vapor, fat, gasoline, benzene, naphtha, oil or petroleum products, mud, straw, lawn clippings, tree limbs or branches, metal or plastic objects, rags, garbage or any other such substance.
Trash containers can be curbside for collection after 6:00 pm on the day before collection day and should be removed from the curbside no later than 8:00 pm on the day of collection. On other days, containers must be stored either indoors, outside behind the front building line, or screened from view. All containers, including bags, shall be leakproof and waterproof, fly-tight and properly covered, tied or enclosed. They should be in good repair and the area surrounding them in a clean, neat and sanitary condition at all times.
Boats, RV's, trailers, campers and camper tops may be stored at home in the driveway or if they are located behind the front building line and not within seven feet of the side property line; however, they must be located on either concrete or asphalt as required for off-street parking. In the case of a corner lot, other requirements must be met. You may not use the recreational vehicles for living or sleeping purposes while on the premises. Please call the Codes Officer for more information (816) 690-3773 ext 1006.
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These fingerless gloves come pretty close to instant knitting gratification: buy your yarn on Friday after work, and by Sunday evening you can have a new pair of stylish handwarmers to enhance your Monday commute.
The cables hold the gloves nicely at your wrist and across your knuckles, and are excellent for keeping you warm yet unhindered while knitting, typing, or enjoying a coffee at an outdoor café. If you have never tried knitting cables before, this would be an excellent project to start with. The cable pattern is simple, and if you make a mistake and end up having to rip out some rows, it shouldn't take you long to catch up.
A note about the yarn: Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran is beautiful and soft and comes in gorgeous colors. The cool thing about these gloves is that you only need one skein to make a pair. However, you have to be willing to unravel your gauge swatch to do this, because one pair takes an entire skein with less than a yard of yarn left over. If you feel the need to keep your gauge swatches, you will need to buy two skeins. Also, note that the gauge listed on the yarn label is 18 stitches over 4 inches, while the gauge for this pattern is 21 stitches over 4 inches. That's because smaller-than-recommended needles are used to create the thick, velvety knitted fabric.
model: Cheryl Niamath photos: Wendy Niamath
1 set of US #6/4mm double-point needles Safety pin or split ring marker Cable needle (a double-point needle may be used if you have a set of 5; only 4 are used for this project) Approx. 12 inches smooth waste yarn in a contrasting color (mercerized cotton works well) Tapestry needle
21 sts / 30 rows = 4 inches in stockinette stitch Note: Yarn is worked more tightly than recommended gauge to produce a firm fabric.
[Knitty's list of standard abbreviations and techniques can be found here]
C4B: Slip next 2 sts to cable needle (or spare double-point needle) and hold to back of work; k2, k2 from cable needle.
C4F: Slip next 2 sts to cable needle (or spare double-point needle) and hold to front of work; k2, k2 from cable needle.
4x1 Rib (Worked in the round over a multiple of 5 sts): Round 1: [K4, p1] to end. Repeat this round for 4x1 Rib.
Instructions for Cable Cast On can be found here.
Left Hand CO 45 sts. Divide between needles, placing 15 sts on each needle. Join to begin working in the round, being careful not to twist. After first round, place safety pin or split ring marker in work to indicate beginning of round.
Work 4 rounds in 4x1 Rib.
Cable Round: [C4B, p1] to end.
Work 5 rounds in 4x1 Rib.
Work Cable Round.
Repeat these 6 rounds once more.
Work 18 rounds in 4x1 Rib.
Next Round: Using waste yarn, k7; slip these sts back to left needle and k them again using working yarn; work in 4x1 Rib as set to end.
Work 4 more rounds in 4x1 Rib.
Picot Bind Off BO 5 sts, [slip st on right needle back to left needle; CO 1 st using Cable Cast On method, BO 6 sts] until all sts have been bound off, slip st on right needle back to left needle; CO 1 st using Cable Cast On method, BO remaining st.
Break yarn and draw through last st. Thread yarn tail on tapestry needle and sew yarn tail to beginning of BO round. Weave in end.
Thumb Carefully remove waste yarn and place resulting live sts on two double-point needles; there will be 7 sts below the opening and 6 sts above. Attach yarn and k the 7 sts on lower needle; using a second needle, pick up and k 2 sts in space between upper and lower needle, k first 3 sts from upper needle; using a third needle, k remaining 3 sts from upper needle and pick up and k 2 sts in space between this needle and lower needle. 17 sts.
K 4 rounds. BO loosely (so you don't cut off the circulation in your thumbs when you're wearing the gloves!).
Weave in ends.
Right Hand Work as for Left Hand, EXCEPT work Cable Round as follows: Cable Round: [C4F, p1] to end.
This way, the cables on each hand will twist fetchingly toward your thumbs.
Steam block lightly if desired.
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A new sector of the Antarctic Ice Sheet is at risk of melting rapidly within the next century, new research finds.
The study raises alarm about an area thought relatively safe from the direct influence of climate change. The Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf in the Weddell Sea is somewhat sheltered from the open sea, but the new research suggests that warm ocean currents could soon invade its underbelly, melting the shelf from below.
"The Weddell Sea was not really on the screen because we all thought that, unlike the Amundsen Sea, its warm waters would not be able to reach the ice shelves," said study researcher Hartmut Hellmer. Melting is accelerating at the Amundsen embayment across the Antarctic Peninsula from the Weddell Sea.
The results of their new study, published Wednesday (May 9) in the journal Nature, surprised Hellmer, an oceanographer at the Alfred Wegener Institute in Germany, and his colleagues.
"We found a mechanism which drives warm water towards the coast with an enormous impact on the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf in the coming decades," Hellmer said in a statement. [In Photos: Antarctic Ice]
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Hellmer and his colleagues used multiple models to determine how the ocean will respond to the atmosphere in the upcoming 200 years. They found that rising air temperatures above the southeastern Weddell Sea will thin the ice there, and warm ocean water will increasingly encroach beneath the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf.
By 2036, warm water currents will have reached the continental shelf, the researchers found. By about 2070, these warm waters will have drained the cavity beneath the ice shelf, and will reach the line between floating sea ice and grounded ice sitting on the seabed within 14 more years. This "grounding line" is very important: Ice that sits on terra firma is thicker than floating ice, and melting of this ice would discharge more liquid water into the sea.
By the end of the 21st century, the researchers found, the melting of the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf will go from today's average rate of 0.7 feet (0.2 meters) of ice loss per year to 13 feet (4 m) per year. In some spots, as much as 164 feet (50 m) of ice will be lost each year. At a rate of 4 meters of ice loss per year, the ice sheet will shed 1,600 billion metric tons of ice annually.
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A second study, published this week in the journal Nature Geoscience, finds that the seabed under the Filchner-Ronne Ice Sheet is steeply sloped and smooth, meaning there will be few topographical barriers to the accelerated melting.
Now researchers are working to better understand how the ice streams that feed the ice sheet will respond to the melting. The ice shelves act like corks in a wine bottle, keeping the flow of ice behind them from reaching the sea, Hellmer said. According to study researcher Jürgen Determann, who like Hellmer is from the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, if the inland ice moves in lockstep with the ice sheet melting, it will mean an additional global sea level rise of 0.17 inches (4.4 millimeters) per year.
For comparison, between 2003 and 2010, sea levels rose about 0.05 inches (1.5 mm) per year because of melting ice, and an additional 0.06 inches (1.7 mm) because of thermal expansion of the warming waters.
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While I was admiring it, the owners came back out and "caught me" which is always a bit embarrassing, but meant that I got a chance to ask the owner what the coating was on the black bike, and it turns out it's spray on bedliner, designed to protect truck beds from scratching and rusting.
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It's not every day that PopcornBiz gets to sit in a refined luxury hotel suite in Hollywood in the company of Larry the Cable Guy, so we rolled up our sleeves (in lieu of cutting them off) and Got-R-Done, compiling his wise and witty takes – in person he speaks with less folksy twang and even sharper insight – on voicing "Cars 2's" icon-in-the-making Mater, his real-life encounters with cable installers, and where his more sophisticated tastes lie.
PopcornBiz: Your director, John Lasseter, says that in some ways Mater has become a modern Goofy, the way that kids have responded to him. And this movie is really Mater's story. What's that mean to you, having given life to the character with your voice and your distinct comic persona?
Larry the Cable Guy: It's odd to me, because I grew up in a small town in Nebraska and I'd been doing standup forever, and then, man, when I got the movie that was awesome – and then another one which was awesome. And then for the character to turn out like this, it's the greatest feeling ever. It's such a cool accomplishment in a career. It's something that I know my kids will always be able to enjoy. Not only that, but grandkids when I have grandkids. Far after I'm gone they can go, 'You know, my grandpa was Mater.' 'No kidding?' And to know that Mater will be around for, well, as long as we're around, for as long we don't destroy ourselves. Mater will always be there. So it's like you never really die. I can't even fathom it. It's just very, very flattering and unbelievable.
PB: Not that you were ever over-edgy as a comic, but did you see more family audience members becoming fans as a result of the popularity of Mater?
LTCG: I think I was Larry the Cable Guy long enough so that people knew what kind of an act I did. You're right – I wasn't like an Eddie Murphy or anything like that. Someone put it the best when they said my fans are the same as Jeff Foxworthy's fans before they got saved and started going to church – they're the same exact people. Jeff's fans go to church more than my fans do, but they're all good fans. You know what? I like the fact that I'm doing kids movies. It shows that I have a good range. I mean, not everything has to be for flippin' kids, but I love doing kids' stuff. I love that my kids can come see me do something and sit there and I can watch it as a family with them. But I'm also happy that I can do stuff that, when parents want to get away and enjoy themselves, they can come see me – because if they like you doing this they're going to like you doing that.
PB: And it's nice to see that after your success you haven't gotten all "Henceforth, call me Daniel Lawrence Whitney...'
LTCG: Right – Lawrence the Satellite Guy!
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LTCG: Wow – that's a good question! Everywhere I've gone, they've known me. Hawaii, Canada – I don't really go a lot of [international] places. I will tell you the craziest place that someone recognized me was in New York City, in a cab. He literally yelled out his window. I was walking down the street there and he was an Iraqi cab driver and he said, 'Larry the Cable Guy – Git-R-Done! I'm a big fan!' I went over and said hi to him. I was like, 'Wow. That's crazy.' Who would've thought that all the way in New York City, a cab driver who barely speaks any English yet he knew 'Git-R-Done' and Larry the Cable Guy.
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PB: What would surprise people about you in terms of your tastes, maybe something very sophisticated – like you fall asleep each night after reading Noel Coward plays?
LTCG: No. [laughs] But you know what? I love Monty Python's 'Flying Circus'. I loved it when I was a kid. And they probably wouldn't think that I do this: I enjoy watching C-SPAN. I do! I get a lot of great jokes off of C-SPAN. I like watching it. I watch all the shows that are on there. Not only do I get politically educated but I come up with some great jokes. I guess that's probably sophisticated. I can tell you what shows are coming on Monday night at 8. I know all the stuff on C-SPAN!


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In the last three years, there have been three deaths in custody of Indigenous men in the northern town of Prince George, British Columbia.
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